Tune of the Month for June

[Jody Kruskal]

One time through this fine tune.

[david_boveri]

One time through this fine tune.

 

nice. i'm going to have to add this to my repertoire.

[david_boveri]

One time through this fine tune.

 

nice. i'm going to have to add this to my repertoire.

[spindizzy]

One time through this fine tune.

 

Thanks for the excellent mp3 and the nice link to the Pugwash youtubes ... I grew up with those cartoons

In fact

has a nice bit of concertina playing too.

 

Chris

[david_boveri]

what key concertina are you playing it in? i'm starting to work on it, and my assumption is that it's in G/D, fingered as if the tune was in G on a C/G?

[Dirge]

One time through this fine tune.

 

I grew up with those cartoons

 

Chris

Me too. Am I the only one who thought Tom the cabin boy was an insufferable smug know-all kid?

 

(Was I supposed to empathise with him as a child myself and enjoy him pushing the grown-ups arround? It didn't work if so)

[Jody Kruskal]

what key concertina are you playing it in? i'm starting to work on it, and my assumption is that it's in G/D, fingered as if the tune was in G on a C/G?

 

David,

 

That's absolutely right. I'm playing it in the key of D on a G/D Anglo using mostly the near row.

 

You might notice that I'm cheating too, by switching down an octave in the A section. My box does not go up to the the high E required in the key of D. Then I switch back up an octave in the B section because there the melody goes too low.

 

I wouldn't have to do all this switching around if I left out all the chords and accompaniment but because of those notes the octave switching does not bother my ears too much. Seems to sound fine most of the time and it's a work-around I use often. Playing solo makes the switch somewhat exposed I admit, but octave switching in a band setting ends up being just part of the arrangement.